Far Hills resident to swim across East River for charity

Paul Kiell, a retired 81 year old psychiatrist and author from Far Hills, will be swimming one kilometer across the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn in the shadow of one of the most famous bridges in the world, the Brooklyn Bridge, on Sunday, July 15. His swim will be a fundraiser for SWIM, Inc. and for SWIM FREE. To make a donation to support Kiell or for information about the Brooklyn Bridge Swim, visit nycswim.org.

SWIM, Inc. is a charitable organization that provides free water exercise programs for adults who cannot exercise on land due to the effects Parkinson’s Disease, MS, ALS, polio, stroke, RA, fibromyalgia or other causes. SWIM, Inc. has 13 locations in New Jersey. For more information, visit swim-inc.org.

SWIM FREE is also a non-profit organization whose thrust is to improve the health of adults and children through swimming. SWIM FREE has donated swim suits and goggles to underprivileged children, launched its Adopt-a-Swimmer initiative, and its "Swim Free Angel” initiative to comfort people young and old in and around the water, and has placed disadvantaged adults and children into learn-to-swim programs. For more information, visit swimfree.org.